The moon gravitates towards the earth and by the force of gravity is continually drawn off from a rectilinear motion and retained in its orbit.
ISAAC NEWTONThe more time and devotion one spends in the worship of false gods, the less he is able to spend in that of the true One.
More Isaac Newton Quotes
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I do not think that this [the universe] can be explained only by natural causes, and are forced to impute to the wisdom and ingenuity of an intelligent.
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Therefore to the same natural effects we must, as far as possible, assign the same causes.
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If I have ever made any valuable discoveries, it has been due more to patient attention, than to any other talent.
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I see I have made my self a slave to philosophy.
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What we know is a drop, what we don’t know is an ocean.
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Opposite to godliness is atheism in profession, and idolatry in practice. Atheism is so senseless and odious to mankind, that it never had many professors.
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If the experiments which I urge be defective, it cannot be difficult to show the defects; but if valid, then by proving the theory, they must render all objections invalid.
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If others would think as hard as I did, then they would get similar results.
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A body in motion tends to stay in motion unless acted on by an outside force.
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No great discovery was ever made without a bold guess.
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Every body persists in a state of rest or of uniform motion in a straight line, unless it is compelled to change that state by forces having impact upon it.
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If I am anything, which I highly doubt, I have made myself so by hard work.
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Nature is very consonant and conformable with herself.
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The centre of the system of the world is immovable.
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Atheism is so senseless. When I look at the solar system, I see the earth at the right distance from the sun to receive the proper amounts of heat and light. This did not happen by chance.
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